Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-05-21
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY, MAY, 21, 1887.
LOCAL NEWS.

T.S. Stiles left for Los Angeles last evening to be gone R week.
 The Tombstone Democrat will, it IS reported; suspend after its next issue, Mai. Jno. $, Witcher Paymaster U. s. A. has been ordered from San Franclsco to Newport Barracks, Kentucky.
 Max ZIer will combine his two stores m one on the corner of Congress and Meyer street
 Lieut., s. O. Mills 12th U. s. Infantry, formerly stationed in Arizona, and well known in this department was married recently to a daughter of General Wilcox.
 Mir. Jacob Martini for many years associated with the business interests of this community has decided to close ont and remove to PhenIx. Tucson can Ill afford to lose so good man,
 Col. Dur tbe irrepressible, is again to the front. Instead of winning and complaining of dull times he goes to work. improving his property, says war nm dsrum, orders more goods and cuts down prIces. The old Grandmother sends him goods and he must dispose of them or hire additional store room.
 The Fort Lowell base ball nine have challenged the Phoenix nIne to play a match game for S500 s side. The Phoe- nix boys have accepted and an interest ing game may be looked for. The time for the match has not as yet been fixed, but it will probably be played in Phoe- nix at an early date,
 Quite number of Tucson people have located ID San Diego. Herman Welisch is ID the gents furnishing goods business and IS doing well. Schutz, the predecessor of Rothschild is running a restaurant, James Marcus late propri- etor of the White House IS likewise in the restaurant business.
 Hon. Mark A. Smith has the appoint ment of & cadet to the Naval Academy. Any youth between the ages of fourteen and eighteen Is eligible, providing he can pass the mental and physical exam: nations. If there Is any boy ID the Territory who has & desire to tread in the footsteps Of Paul Jones and Deca- tur and Fsrrsgut. he can obtain all the information needed for the start by ad- dressing our COngressman.-Prospector.
 Superintendent Arthur Macy, who re- turned to Silver King with his bride last Saturday, was rendered grand ova- ton by the miners. As a reciprocal courtesy Mr. Macy gave every body the freedom of the town from six o'clock in the evening until six ID the morning, all their expenses to be paid by himself. There IS B wondeful chord of human st- lection that binds the toiling Silver King F11Fu kn aarIv, far Aa- lrfa prise.
 OJose Andrade, residing Rt Davidson 6 Canyon, reports an increase of water to double its former volume since the earth quake of the third instant, Fred Msish reports an almost similar gain of water at the Cano8 from the same cause. The Santa Cruz has likewise largely mere as ed in volume, AndrEde's house was badly cracked by the shake but he says that he feels himself more than recon pensed by the extra flow of water.
 There is something radically wropg in the postal service m Arizona. The Prospector received to-day papers from Virginia City, Nevada, but three days old, and from Prescott but two, while the Tucson papers, but seventy miles a. way, failed to arrive. There can be no excuse for such gross carelessEess In handling the local mails. Where the fault lies the Prospector does not know, but 1t should be remedied, and at once.-Tombstone ProspectoE.
 Judge Meyer has quite a sensational rape case on his docket. 4 partial ex- animation was heard to-day with closed doors, The crime was committed st rhe Qnijoto8 on the 14th ult. Wm. Marshal IS now under arrest charged with the offence. The mother Of the complaining witness, girl about l6 or r years old, WAS charged with selling whisky to h. disns, was brought in here, tried snd acquitted. It Is said that during her absence party of men entered the house and as the gIrl WAS alone abused her shsmefully.
 IL will be interesting to miners and prospeotOrs to learn that there are no such mining districts in Pima ss Csbsbi end Qu9otOa. Hundreds of mines clsim- ing to be ID those districts. have been located and recorded and will most probably hold good ID law although the districts so named. do not exist. North of the QuiiotOa there is a Cleve- land district but no other. To legally make district, a record of the or2anIZs- tien and bylaws must be filed m the county recorders office.
 John \. Goodwin, os Maine. ex- governor of Arizona, dIed recently at Parsise Springs, California. Deceased was the first governor of ArIzon8, hay. ing been appointed August 2lst. 1863. In March, 1853 President Lincoln ap- pointed Mr. Curley, of Ohio, as gov ernor. and Mir. Goodwin gs chef justice. The governor died Rt Cincinnatti the day he was to start for Arizona, and Gov. Goodwin Was appointed and came m his stead. He served in that capacity unsl elected to Congress m 1885, suc- ceeded Col. C. D. Poston, who was our first delegate After the adjournment of the Congress to which Gov. Goodwin was elected, he did not return to the Territory. The foregoing facts were learned from Judge II. W. Fleury, who came to Arizona with Gov. Gooiwin's party, crossing the plains by tbe old Santa Fe trail, ID the fall of lS63.- Courler